Rebuild Add or remove programs list

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wendelin

Hi,
Perhaps due to an electricity outage, my Add or Remove Programs list
has been corrupted. The entries in this list are weird and have no
Change/Remove buttons. On running regedit, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall has only new
programs listed. The old programs are gone.
Is there any way to rebuild this list? Thank you.
Wendelin
 
Wendelin,

'System Restore' would be a useful feature for this issue

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"wendelin" <nandini.seshadri@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184462018.619636.149760@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> Perhaps due to an electricity outage, my Add or Remove Programs list
> has been corrupted. The entries in this list are weird and have no
> Change/Remove buttons. On running regedit, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall has only new
> programs listed. The old programs are gone.
> Is there any way to rebuild this list? Thank you.
> Wendelin
>
 
Try a System Restore. Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System
Tools>System Restore. Just follow the instructions. Choose a Restore Point
made before the electrical outage occurred.

"wendelin" <nandini.seshadri@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184462018.619636.149760@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> Perhaps due to an electricity outage, my Add or Remove Programs list
> has been corrupted. The entries in this list are weird and have no
> Change/Remove buttons. On running regedit, the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall has only new
> programs listed. The old programs are gone.
> Is there any way to rebuild this list? Thank you.
> Wendelin
>
 
Tried system restore. This got me only to a point after that outage,
if I select any dates before the outage it is unable to do the
restore. In fact, when I tried to undo the restore, it wouldnt let me
do that either (and it claimed to be completely reversible!!)

Wendelin
 
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